To the north and south, the forests transition to drier forest-savanna mosaic, a mosaic of drier forests, savannas, and grasslands. The Congolese forests cover southeastern Cameroon, eastern Gabon, the northern and central Republic of the Congo, the northern and central Democratic Republic of the Congo and portions of southern and southwestern Central African Republic. There are a variety of snakes, but snakes of the Congo basin are not so well known as those of the rest of Africa. There are other endemic or notable mammals, such as Allen's swamp monkey, the dryas monkey, the aquatic genet, and there is also the Congo peafowl. It is related to the giraffe, but looks more like a zebra. Another interesting animal in the Congo rainforest is the okapi. Elephants also live in the rainforest, but only the smaller African forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis). The hippopotamus is another animal that can be found in the Congo rainforest, usually in the river. The gorillas of the Congo rainforest are called " lowland gorillas". Also, gorillas live in the rainforest of central Africa. The large one is the common chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes), and the smaller one is the bonobo ( Pan paniscus). The two species of chimpanzee, for example, live only in the Congo rainforests. Many unusual animals live in the Congo Basin. It makes up a large portion of Africa's biodiversity with over 600 tree species and 10,000 animal species. The basin of the Congo has 70% of Africa's plant cover. Hunting and poaching has endangered many of the animals there, but the jungle itself is not being destroyed. This forest and its river were the subject of a famous book called The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. It is the second largest rainforest in the world (after the Amazon rainforest) and covers two million square kilometers (500 million acres). The tropical rainforest covers most of the eastern part of the Congo. The Congo rainforest in central Africa has one of the longest rivers in the world, the Congo River. Aerial view of the Lukenie River as it meanders through the Central Congolian lowland forests of the DRC
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